Trinity International Holdings has bought into Thomson Regional Newspapers in a deal worth £328m, it has been announced today. The publisher is buying more than 50 local papers which include the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life (Belfast), The Journal, Evening Chronicle, and Sunday Sun (Newcastle), The Western Mail, South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday… Continue reading Trinity And Thomson Papers Deal
ITV have announced that two of its Network peak-time programmes have had their sponsorship deal renewed. Midland Mortgages will once again sponsor the comedy drama series Moving Story. The deal starts from 18 July and lasts for seven weeks. The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson of Carlton UK Sales for the ITV Network.The other… Continue reading ITV Re-Signs Two Major Sponsors
Marcus Plantin today unveiled ITV’s Autumn schedule, which he hoped would fight off what he saw as BBC1’s increasing commercialism. The main event of the schedule is the six-part documentary series details of The Beatles, which details the life and times of the group in their own words.New drama series include Strike Force, which is… Continue reading ITV Autumn Programme Schedule
Border Television has announced results for the year ending 30th April 1995; Group profits before tax for the television and radio operations rose to £1.933 million (1994: £1.641 million) an increase of 17.8% year on year.Television advertising revenue for the year increased by 16%, ahead of the 9 per cent increase by ITV as a… Continue reading Border Television Results
Muzik, the new dance magazine launched by IPC on May 10th is claiming initial success. It launched with an advertisers’ guarantee of 35,000; initial publisher estimates put the first issue sales at around 45,000.Haymarket’s new music launch, Encore, released on the same day as Muzik, has however not fared so well. Despite having Virgin as… Continue reading Music Press – Success And Failure
The latest cinema admissions released by RSA show a further decline on last year. May’s average weekly admissions for 1995 were 1.6 million, a decrease of 16% on last year’s May figure. The low admissions figure could be explained by the release in May last year of Four Weddings, together with the fact the biggest… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – Fall Continues
In a bid to attract listeners, Radio 3 are to introduce new programming in the autumn schedule. In an attempt to broaden the station’s appeal Radio 3 are to move the current morning programme which transmits at 9am and replace it with a music listening programming which is “not too challenging” according to a Radio… Continue reading Radio 3 Revamp
Chic, the glossy magazine aimed at older women which has been bought by Northern and Shell and had suspended publication, re-launches this week.
Mirror Group Newspapers is the latest in the newspaper groups to announce price rises in the face of rising paper costs. Its two titles the Sunday Mirror and the People both rise by 5p to 55p from this Sunday, 9th July. Neither title took part in the price war.News International, Associated Newspapers and the Telegraph… Continue reading Further Newspaper Price Rises
The next MRG meeting will be held on Monday 10th July at the Arts Club, 40 Dover Street. The evening will consist of presentations from a recent research conference in New York. 6pm for 6.30pm start.The speakers and topics are as follows: Phil Gullen of Carat Research – Discussing Carat’s latest findings on Effective Frequency.… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – July 10
